"The power of forgiveness is the blood of Jesus. And the blood of Jesus is sufficient (Heb 10:19-29). We doubt that the Church could get "bloody" enough. Menno Simmons (1496-1561), from whom the Mennonites were spawned, was noted for both his piety and for his emphasis upon the blood of Jesus - an emphasis which was inherited by his followers. While on board a ship bound for America in 1735, John Wesley was so influenced by a party of Moravians, who sang of the blood of Jesus, that from that beginning many believe came his impetus into revival, and from that experience early Methodism was filled with piety and songs of celebration of the blood of Jesus. A cursory check through American church history reveals that wherever piety and celebration of the blood of Jesus have preceded, so also has proceeded revival and true loving life in our Lord Jesus Christ."
(From "The Transformation of the Inner Man" - John & Paula Sandford)
